Ua hoʻolaha ka Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) i ka Mana Hoʻokipa o Thailand (TAT) a me ʻelua mau mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi Thai ma waena o nā hui 27 a me kēlā me kēia mea e loaʻa i ka makana kiʻekiʻe 2018 PATA Nui a me nā Gula.
2018 PATA Grand Awards
E loaʻa iā TAT kahi makana nui no ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana no kāna papahana 'King's Wisdom for Sustainable Tourism', kahi hui pū ma waena o TAT a me ka United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Thailand, e like me ka hoʻolaha a PATA. (E nānā hoʻi: Hoʻolauna ʻo Thailand i ʻehā mau kaiaulu mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau e hoʻohanohano i ka Mōʻī Bhumibol Adulyadej a Hoʻolaha ʻia ka manaʻo mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau o ka Mōʻī Bhumibol Adulyadej ma Chanthaboon Riverside Community)
"Ke hoʻohana nei ka papahana i nā loina o ka Mō'ī Late King Bhumibol Adulyadej's "sufficiency economic philosophy" i kāna hana i ʻehā mau pahuhopu nui: e hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana ma ke kumu o ka Mōʻī e hoʻihoʻi i ka naʻauao kūloko a hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau, hoʻoulu i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko. e hoʻokumu i ka waiwai ma nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka loaʻa kālā, a hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kanaka a hoʻoikaika i ke kaiāulu e noʻonoʻo a hana iā lākou iho e alakaʻi i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau," wahi a ka hoʻolaha.
ʻO kekahi makana nui no Thailand e hele i ka Elephant Hills Luxury Tented Camps, Thailand, ma ka ʻāpana Environmental. Hoʻomaopopo ka makana i nā hana like ʻole a nā Camps e like me kāna Elephant Conservation Project, Children's Project, a me Wildlife Monitoring Project. Hoʻonohonoho pū lākou i kahi papahana liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo CO2 offset, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke ʻimi i nā ala e hōʻemi ai i kā lākou carbon footprint. I ka makahiki i hala, ua lanakila ka Camps i ka 2017 PATA gula makana ma ka ʻāpana Environment – Ecotourism Project.
2018 PATA Gold Awards
ʻO TAT ka lanakila haʻaheo o ʻekolu 2018 PATA Gold Awards. kona 'Kamahaʻo Thailand: A'maze 2017” lanakila ʻo ia i kahi makana gula ma ka Marketing – Primary Government Destination, ʻoiai ka hoʻolaha pūnaewele '6 Nā manaʻo o ka ʻike kūloko ma Thailand' lanakila 'o ia i ka makana gula ma ka māhele Culture, a ua lanakila ke ki'i 'Cruising through the Cave' i kekahi makana gula hou ma ka 'Aka'i Nupepa Kaahele – Travel Photograph category.
I kēia manawa, hele kekahi makana gula no Thailand i ka Local Alike, kahi Travel Social Enterprise, ma ka ʻāpana ʻĀpana Kaiāulu.
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka hanana hōʻike makana ma Langkawi, Malaysia ma 14 Kepakemapa, i ka wā o ka PATA Travel Mart 2018.
